# Filebeat - ERROR instance/beat.go:800

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-instance-beat-go-800/164843>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [January 18, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-instance-beat-go-800/164843 "2019-01-18T18:25:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![DALG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@DALG](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DALG)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-instance-beat-go-800/164843/1 "2019-01-18T18:25:59Z")

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Hello, I'm trying to start filbeat but apparently I have no input no paths defined for input accessing config.

this is the file im using:

```auto
###################### Filebeat Configuration Example #########################

# This file is an example configuration file highlighting only the most common
# options. The filebeat.reference.yml file from the same directory contains all the
# supported options with more comments. You can use it as a reference.
#
# You can find the full configuration reference here:
º# https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/index.html

# For more available modules and options, please see the filebeat.reference.yml sample
# configuration file.

#=========================== Filebeat inputs =============================

filebeat.inputs:

# Each - is an input. Most options can be set at the input level, so
# you can use different inputs for various configurations.
# Below are the input specific configurations.

- type: log

  # Change to true to enable this input configuration.
  enabled: true
  # Paths that should be crawled and fetched. Glob based paths.
  paths:
     - \Filebeat\logs\*.log
     #- c:\programdata\elasticsearch\logs\*`

```

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**Author:** ![steffens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steffens/32/79630_2.png) [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 11:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-instance-beat-go-800/164843/2 "2019-01-22T11:16:52Z")

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Can you please share the actual error message + logs?

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**Author:** ![DALG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@DALG](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DALG)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-instance-beat-go-800/164843/3 "2019-01-24T22:44:10Z")

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I managed to solve the problem a couple of hours later, thank you very much anyways!

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**Author:** ![Brett\_Larson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/brett_larson/32/37700_2.png) [@Brett\_Larson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brett_Larson)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-instance-beat-go-800/164843/4 "2019-01-29T00:07:19Z")

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How did you solve it?

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**Author:** ![DALG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@DALG](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DALG)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-instance-beat-go-800/164843/5 "2019-02-08T16:56:34Z")

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I just eliminated Filebeat from the server and downloaded it again. Worked smooth after that.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-instance-beat-go-800/164843/6 "2019-03-08T16:56:38Z")

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